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  <section id="cmp0061">
<span id="policy:CMP0061"></span><h1>CMP0061<a class="headerlink" href="#cmp0061" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<p class="admonition-title">Warning</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OLD</span></code> behavior of this policy was removed
in CMake version 4.0.
This policy must be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NEW</span></code> by a call to
<span class="target" id="index-0-command:cmake_minimum_required"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/cmake_minimum_required.html#command:cmake_minimum_required" title="cmake_minimum_required"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake_minimum_required()</span></code></a> or <span class="target" id="index-0-command:cmake_policy"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/cmake_policy.html#command:cmake_policy" title="cmake_policy"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake_policy()</span></code></a>.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
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<p>CTest does not by default tell <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span></code> to ignore errors (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-i</span></code>).</p>
<p>The <span class="target" id="index-0-command:ctest_build"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/ctest_build.html#command:ctest_build" title="ctest_build"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ctest_build()</span></code></a> and <span class="target" id="index-0-command:build_command"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/build_command.html#command:build_command" title="build_command"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">build_command()</span></code></a> commands no
longer generate build commands for <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-generators.7.html#makefile-generators"><span class="std std-ref">Makefile Generators</span></a> with
the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-i</span></code> option.  Previously this was done to help build as much
of tested projects as possible.  However, this behavior is not
consistent with other generators and also causes the return code
of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span></code> tool to be meaningless.</p>
<p>Of course users may still add this option manually by setting
<span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CTEST_BUILD_COMMAND"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CTEST_BUILD_COMMAND.html#variable:CTEST_BUILD_COMMAND" title="CTEST_BUILD_COMMAND"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CTEST_BUILD_COMMAND</span></code></a> or the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MAKECOMMAND</span></code> cache entry.
See the <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/ctest.1.html#ctest-build-step"><span class="std std-ref">CTest Build Step</span></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MakeCommand</span></code> setting documentation
for their effects.</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OLD</span></code> behavior for this policy is to add <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-i</span></code> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span></code>
calls in CTest.  The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NEW</span></code> behavior for this policy is to not
add <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-i</span></code>.</p>
<p>This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.3.
Prior to removal in CMake version 4.0, it could be
set by <span class="target" id="index-1-command:cmake_policy"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/cmake_policy.html#command:cmake_policy" title="cmake_policy"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake_policy()</span></code></a> or <span class="target" id="index-1-command:cmake_minimum_required"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/cmake_minimum_required.html#command:cmake_minimum_required" title="cmake_minimum_required"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake_minimum_required()</span></code></a>.
If it was not set, CMake did <em>not</em> warn, and used <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OLD</span></code> behavior.</p>
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